Capitalism – crisis and critique (defunct)

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/04/201142612714539672.html Into extract: The crisis of global capitalism is unprecedented, given its magnitude, its global reach, the extent of ecological degradation and social deterioration, and the scale of the means of violence. We truly face a crisis of humanity. The stakes have never been higher; our very survival is at risk. We have entered into […]

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Heads of cabbage and mouths full of water by Mark Neocleous.  Radical Philosophy Nov/Dec 2003 http://www.radicalphilosophy.com/default.asp?channel_id=2187&editorial_id=14329 “The law which shaped the modern corporation as a new form of legal person has been reluctant to admit that the same persons can commit illegal acts and recognizable harms. The law, in other words, has been structured in […]

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Troubles ahead for world economy the 7.30 Report. Transcript of interview with Joseph Stiglitz. Extract: Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel laureate, a former chief economist of the World Bank and he chaired Bill Clinton’s presidential council of economic advisors.  His latest book, ‘Freefall’, is a worrying critique of the root causes of the Global Financial […]

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Austerity: Why and for Whom? by Rick Wolff. On-line article at Commondreams.org. Links austerity programmes across Europe to conditions set by banks lending to governments due to fears of defaults on government debts. For instance the high rates of interest imposed on Greece in return for bail out loans by European banks. If governments default […]

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“The Idea of Communism” at Marxism 2010 (1/2) from Kosho Yoshiyama on Vimeo. A debate between Alex Callinicos, John Holloway and Slavoj Zizek on the Idea of Communism.

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http://johannhari.com//2010/07/02/how-goldman-sachs-gambling-on-starving-the-worlds-poor-and-won Posted by Johann Hari By now, you probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing. You’re wrong. There’s more. It turns out the most destructive of all their recent acts has barely been discussed at all. Here’s the rest. This is the story […]

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In the World Tonight broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on the evening of June 30th (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00stk6m minutes 13 to 18) a couple of small business owners were interviewed to test the claim of the ConDem govt that the reduction of the jobs in the public sector would be more than compensated by the creation of […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0&feature=player_embedded As succinct account of the cause of the current economic crisis as you’ll find. The original version of the talk is at http://davidharvey.org/2010/05/video-the-crises-of-capitalism-at-the-rsa/ but I think the animations, apart from being quite witty, add a lot.

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